Arabic

duqm-, duqam- - Schnabel, Lippe (beak, lip) (Behnstedt 384, Dozy I 453)

North Yemeni. Cf. dugmeh ‘Mund, Mauľ (ibid.), Yem. dugmeh ‘muzzle’ (Piamenta 154).

Areal reconstruction

*dVḳm- - mouth; jaw; beak (SED I No. 49, DRS 304)

Scarce but reliable attestation in the South Semitic area; the primary meaning may be ‘muzzle, beak’.